Florentina Stanciu (born 28 July 1982) is a Romanian-born Icelandic

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

er who plays for

SCM Craiova SCM Craiova is a Romanian sports society from Craiova, Romania, founded in 2006. SCM as a subordinated of ''CS Universitatea Craiova'', mother club, administrates basketball, handball, volleyball and boxing sections while ''CS Universitatea'' ad ...

. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("

Honorary Citizen Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honour usually is symbolic and does not confer an ...

") of the city of

Craiova Craiova (, also , ), is Romania's 6th Cities in Romania, largest city and capital of Dolj County, and situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximatel ...

in 2018.

International honours

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

: **''Winner'':

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* EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Semifinalist'':

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* European Youth Championship: **''Gold Medalist'': 1999

Individual awards

* All-Star Team Best Goalkeeper of the European Youth Championship: 1999 * All-Star Team Best Goalkeeper of the European Junior Championship: 2000 * All-Star Team Best Goalkeeper of the World Junior Championship: 2001 * Best Goalkeeper of the Icelandic Premier League: 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanciu, Florentina 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Craiova Romanian female handball players Icelandic female handball players Romanian expatriates in France Romanian expatriates in Iceland Expatriate handball players Naturalised citizens of Iceland Icelandic people of Romanian descent Stjarnan women's handball players